AA says it knows why seats came loose on planes

Published October 5, 2012 1:09am ET



FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines is cancelling dozens of flights as it scrambles to fix seats that could pop loose during flight.

Airline officials said late Thursday that they had come up with a fix for the seats, and they began pulling 48 Boeing 757s out of service to make repairs. All the planes should be back in service by Saturday.

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